Estate, Gift & Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax: Top Takeaway Tips
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What is a Generation Skipping Trust?
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Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax Planning
The U.S. generation-skipping transfer tax imposes a tax on both outright gifts and transfers in trust to or for the benefit of unrelated persons who are more than 37.5 years younger than the donor or to related persons more than one generation younger than the donor, such as grandchildren. The generation-skipping tax will be imposed only if the transfer avoids incurring a gift or estate tax at each generation level.